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till wkstern carolinian tm llljs1ied morning a^jii^u ema^in ahid saoo-upm w mamiraq)si--editors and proprietors iqok il 7 vol naijsbury north-carolina january 2 l836 u___\.ev rom\>eg\immg 8\3 k e u.j â€” . l 11 til < l â€¢ 3 111 i un about to 1 ii ibo fnshion discriminate between tlie man whom the tailor lias made nml bim who shows the lustre of an intellect derived from god on the 1st of january 1886 is ostimntcd at about ten und a half millions tho6.xponditu.es for the ensuing year fi,r all purposes whothor ordinary or extraordinary enumerated in the s,-l,e i ilus at more than twenty three millions mid lhe receipts al less than twenty millions hence il follows thai it'll dcistructlon of nciryork i'lom tin e yuri commercial advertiser of hum day december 17 1835 dreadful calamity l new york new york has been for fifteen hours in flames ! they ure no y u | extinguished a hi rge section a.,,1 thai tl â– ,,; i ami mos wealthy portion of the city is ... linns ; and whether the progress of tho destroyer is yet completely arrested we cannot i ii since the conflagration of moscow no calami ly by lire so extensive and so dreadful has bell hen uny citj in the world the lire broke out j mer ' haul iti-net in the triangular block formed by >> all william and pearl streets at about !Â» clock last night a tierce wind wus blowing from the northwest and the weather so intensely cold ns to lender ibe ell cent working of the engines inipus siblo the consequence was that the fire held the mastery through tl night spreading with ureal ami destructive rapidity it wns an awful night for new york and for lho country hut we can neither describe the grandeur of the spectacle nur its lerrnrs nur the desolation brought more distinctly lo view by the morning light the urm uf man was powerless j and many of our fellow cl,sens who retired lo their pillows in alllucuce were bankrupts oo awaking tho litct of the m.werlessncss of the firemen from the almost instantaneous congelation of the water und tho benumbing influence of the cold in creased the consternation which prevailed among the thousands of the agitated multitude who wero witnesses of the calamity â€” many of then doomed in stand and see the desl ruction of their own for tunes without being able lo lift a linger fur tho rescue to arrest the flames was ut once seen to be impossible save by the blowing up of ranges of buildings in advance of the fire that its progress might thus be interrupted but the difficulty wus to obtain powder â€” none of consequence being allowed in the city a sufficient supply therefore could nol be obtained short of tho navy yurd â€” whence also tho mayor wus obliged to send for a strong military force to preserve property from tho swarms of roblicrs who uro ever reudy on such occasions such is the confusion that prevails and such the difficulty of working one's way among the smoke und tire and heated ruins that it is impossible lo detail particulars with any pretension to accuracy south side of wnll-slreet from william-slrcet to bast river including tbo merchants exchange and excepting some three or four buildings between merchant street formerly hanover and pearl also from william to broad buildings not destroy ed but injured in the rear exchange street both sides from broad street crossing william lo mer chant street â€” the garden street church was em braced in this section merchant street formerly hanover both sides from wall to hanover sqnuro williu.n street both sides from wall street to hanover square pearl street both sides from wall street to coonties slip including lho whole sweep of han over square stone street from hanover square to lhe lano lending to the head of coenties slip exchange street nnd part of lleuver streets from l'.-arl nearly to broad water street both sides from coffee-house slip to counties slip front street both sides from cofl'uc-house slip lo coenties slip south street from the same to the snnin south side of coflee-house slip from pearl street to the mast it ver both sides of old slip including the franklin market from pearl street to the east river north sido of coenties slip from pearl street to the river jones's lane gouverncur's lane cuylcr's alley and part of mill street seventeen blocks of buildings of the largest nnd most costly description are totally destroyed ; tho large block between wall utroo't and exchange place bounded on the west l.y llron.l street that between exchange place and hoover street fronting .... br.mt.1 st.ei i and that between heaver and mill streets nlso flouting on itrond are greatly injured and muy almost he said to ix destroyed except tho single range of stores fronting on i a i street â€” i'lii number of buildings il is impossible to nseer : in but it is estimated between 700 und 1,00(1 â€” i be amount of properly destroyed is incalculable those acquointod with our city will nt once per il,a uoarl the entire seat of its greatest commercial transactions has lioon destroyed it is not probable that the destruction of nny given sec tion of any other city in lhe world of equal ex lent would have involved a greuter destruction of capital or ruined th fortunes of a greater number of men lhe destination of goods of every de scription that can ls-e,,uu,erâ€ž.ud,ha been immense id what v'-l far i her magnifies the calamity is the fact thut the portion of the city thus destroyed is one which has been alujoat entirely rebuilt within | he last five or six yours aud was covered on every i hand with the most noblo nnd substantia ranges of ; mere utile edifices perhaps iu the world ii lore the gunpowder was used in blowing up bouses there were many lood reports front occa sional explosure of powder und casks of spirits â€” during lhe whole night the scene was one of awful terror and index , liable grandeur tbo drought ofthe season had contributed to the combustibility of the matter and the rapidity with which bouso after house and range alter range were wrapped in flames were truly astonishing the wind being high large hakes of lire wore borne whirling aloft through the lurk vault of beuven'with fearful splen dor from ll.e direction of tho wind â€” to which under providence the salvation of ierhnps the whole city is owing â€” the city of brooklyn was consider ed in danger ; and the lakes of fire wero borno along iu quantities beyond i la i bush the buildings on exchange place having become involved iu the conflagration the flames comn.uni ns oi i - 1 i ' a sl a fa ., , â– the r â€¢ it rirniing ' ipiired of ,,â€žâ– . ' , â€ž lion of tho p.uv ' litution limiting ' â€¢ , imui-i t t the nee - ar and i necessity nol lar-l'et i oil i pun mota iu th - , erciso t lo is , ullv avoided - hi , s doubtful tho poople that . . ,,,,â€¢ n,liii ,,, to the \ a t i o â– â– i i i â– ' i ii a n cei abstract l f tl,e report of ihe secretary ofthe l'i usury mud appropriations made and the revenues received in 1836 shall be as largo as the estimates nnd no larger the netl surplus now applicable in new and other objects will probably ,,, the c se of the ensuing year become reduced to a sum botweon sixain seven millions this sum therefore would in these events remain on the 1st of jamu.rv . i 83 us a netl surplus unexpended and implode ! consequently most of it could now im applied i i other purposes nol included iu the estimates a '. liberally id in promoting any constitutional objocts which congress may deem must expedient to ( ',.â€ž',' ci rs " the receipts int the treasury ascertained and estimated during 1835 nre computed to be 828,430,881 07 ol these the actual receipts during the first three quarters are ascertained to have been 4123,480,88 07 viz customs 13,614,489 â€¢-'.. land 9,168,690 n div'dson bank'stock 508,480 83 sales of bonk stock 63,800 00 incidental items 130,690 10 i < in iliat all human '"'',' 1 imp i feel huvo j ' o which ibe federal '' i ,, â€¢ 1 â€ž, s t alee it " an unprecedented bnectacle is thus presented to the world of u government not onlv virtually without any debts und without any direct taxation but with nliout one fourth of its whole annual ex penses defrayed from sales of its own unincumber ed and immense tracts of public lands aud no re sort to even indirect taxation necessary except lor the other three fourths and the proceeds of thai indirect taxation though largely and freely redu ced yet accumulating so fast as to require further legislation to dispose of or invest a considerable surplus on hand whether this state of enviable prosperity lh justly attributable to the form ofour government to the administration of it â€” lo the character of our people â€” the physical advantages of our country â€” or to ull combined it is a subject of strong congratulation and exhibits a very re markable phenomenon in lho history of taxation and finance without dwelling on the primary causes ofour fortunate condition or discussing any secondary ones such ns the great demand and re ward in this country for either labour or capital tlie more appropriate inquiry under these novel circumstances and on an occasion like the present seems to bo to discover the most judicious course to pursue in using this surplus or iu preventing or regulating its future accumulation the balance now on hand or anticipated does not differ so much in amount from that at several prior periods ns to require uny extraordinary steps il tho same avail able mode existed of employing it legally and beneficiully without now legislation there wero throe former years in our history viz 1815 1h10 and 1817 when our balances on hand on the 1st of january each year wero res pectivoly over 13 22 and 14,000,000 of dollars and in 1883 ovor 11,000,000 but these balan ces were cither unavailable for n lime or whenev er productive wore soon able to be applied iu the discharge of iho public debt and thus to prevent longer and larger accumulations and lo save inte rest in thut way being reduced from time lo time they at no other riod have exceeded 10,000,0011 though on four other occasions they have accumu lated beyond 0,000,000 but happily for the conn try it is no longer compelled to purl will its re sources to discharge heavy burdens imposed iu for mer times nnd in tho present prosperous state of our finances it is respectfully submitted that iu or der to reduce the present surplus there might he first ami judiciously authorized liir purposes no enumerated in any of the estimates other benefi cinl x|h!i.ditures for objects clearly lawful aud use ful those during the fourth quarter it is expected will be 4,950 oik -â€” m or uiv.h1i i ||â€ž. i pleat every "<â€¢â– nt mil i till ors will cause "" ml â– , ,,. ami ,,. n endanger the ritnrmchconliii .,, ij a ,â€ž| s ,|;., v ._ "**Â» . v 1 ' ' â– â€¢ ua a great a happy inr cun inn . , "â€¢'' proenerouaal hoine .,,,,. Â» im i dih.-s not congratulate ** ,.-, nyn r " ' ocl a govern ent â€” ",' i ing so iiiiiny nd ro , iu i-..s , â– ' i ages and iho * prompt attc.,1 h " "" ""' vl,l e of the , ... ,â€ž, i ,..., . - i,,mii and broken up â€¢ i thus with the balance on the 1st of jan 1835 they form an aggregate of 37,323,739 49 the expenditures ofthe whole year are ascertained and estimated to ho 18,170,141 07 of these the expenditures during the lirst 3 quarters are ascer tained te have been 13,370,141 07 viz civil list foreign intercourse and miscellaneous 2,r27,190 16 military service iucluiliiiglortili-h refunded h 1 l.i,^^^^fl - lie a i Â»Â» Â«Â« Â«â€¢ Â» nasi ' ' i additkss Â«.| >., . l,,â€žo lhe others should 7,555,819 41 2,029,219 39 4,750 01 59,150 07 ~ i ancient ircece i ' '''â– ' - s - ' â– i l tun of stale with und haas i ' .. ,. . i loins and cities you suflrn â– â– â– - i . if human suflbring into of i iv uiiii i â– â€ž, not exchange our it ouiie-v i vou aa i o in happiness and pros ugs il i refi unl internal dissontion t fid i i ,.. | , ihiaidoi oursolves ag ' lencb vc . ;.,. i ,. ,,, | government you ban i n .. , ,,,,â€ž |, , before even .. ' dut u â€žâ– ,,,,,,. ' , ,â€ž ii | i,,ii should be u of the principle i ,, i â– i .,, ,,| j i lor son i would i in the place lli.i i â€ž compact of so many ''' doing â– â€¢,. i ' . i 'â€¢ once as a dissolution of 1 shall not alien pt to , | which would last one 813,370,141 07 the expenditures for the fourth quarter it is expected will be 4,800,000 00 thus leaving on tho 1st of janua ry 1830 subject however to tho deduction bureuftor mentioned an estimated balance of money on hand equal to 10,147,503 42 this includes what has heretofore been reported os unavailable fluids now reduced te about 1,100,000 making ihe comput ed a . ailable balance on the 1st of ,, rely i state 1 g ,, . smience aud long endurance ni il ncoivo to he ,. nder deluaioo j give tbem ,"' icun fl pre li â€¢>,-,.,....â€¢ of consequences nail be regulated v fame unite us pntiy â€” ihe political . tb .â€žâ€žâ– political family â– â– l â€ž jackson ii â€¢ '. . â€¢ iho advice of tho revered i for the benefit of ll n l<m the father of his coun ' ' for a few a lb ,- - to consider it of in jom indelibly imp ... i id properly estimate reiofore und sb.li ... , , , national union to â– * -â– political i.i i . wl happiness tn"eher but 11 1 powui â€¢ i > â– . mil immoveable attachment ', hn i its duties . it prt-wrvulion with jealous i.-l i rniirm i osperitj pinions ; nnd enter i ' â– nviction nnd belief â€¢ â– ' â– , r e loess i may be ii mint i hull endeavor to ry lilac ft lalion i hold accord ,, i iii b mv inclination as it is my tly bj theii â€¢ â€¢. , no otlnial ncliuns ns to make , lho in mat ,,, ,â€ž practicable with i .."â– â– l'i â€¢ i ral and stale and if i i io v , in i nitration i should su â– therulorn one - l . â– , which is due to myself as constitution il ,- ,,. , t he i i i orrupy as to enter to the i i to diffuse the benefit t ,, i alle.npling to render the pie anv feasible oil p.a ., , ihcr < n eminent i should oiiipuju w . .. 1.1 -... i . 1 . â€¢ â– ! a d.-relictior of duty . utive inigbl is ne , ,, ,., >Â» ,,, ||â€ž. i,u-i confided iu me . lope the resources t e stsl ' .,'.-.. ,., â– f ovents and dis o.,l i o.iiul.on and i v i lb ' oa lake us under his peculiar ens belongs lo tl i .â€¢ || im|_ftirod our free institutions iv believer tha ..-,.-.. i â– . i , ind happy and prosperous f,e required lo elf . i i , i i 11 ever address iu the â– -,, j ,- ml n >. ... h in h n a < i ., h i , ns â€¢ 1 h ll a h . h ote i from h h januury 1836 818,017,598 00 computing all tho existing charges of every kind on iho treasury at the end of the present year to be about 7,596,574 the balance ol*avail able funds then on hand would it is estimated be sufficient to meet the whole at once and leave to lie hereafter applied by congress to new and other purposes the sum of 10,450,024 before the close of tho year 1834 ample funds were deposited with tho it states bank as com missioner of loans to discharge all the public fund ed debt which was then outstanding ofthe funds so deposited heretofore and still un claimed by the public debtors there remains in the p,,s-essioii of the hank the sum of 143,570 63 the receipts into the treasury from all the sources during the year 1*30 are estimated at 19,750 000 viz i customs 15,280,000 public lands 4,000,000 hank dividends and miscellaneous not considering it the province of this depart ment in nn annual report to enter into minute details in relation lo ihe selection of those objects the undersigned would merely advert to a few promi nent ones about which no coustilutiou.il difficultiot interpose ; such as the erection of suitable and ne cessary building i'or the use of the general jo verninent whether in this city or the diflbrent stntes and the earlier commencement of important work contemplated aud the more rapid completion ol others already begun which nre essentially connect ed with the commerce tho navy or the frontier de fences of tho country receipts 500,000 to which add the balance of available funds in the treasury on the first of january 1630 estiinu ated at 918,047,598 and thoy make together the sum of 937,797,598 the estimates of expenditures submitted for all specified objects both ordinary and extraordinary for tho services of 1630 and including the contin gent for the usual excesses are 923,133,640 the imports during the year ending september 30th 1835 are ascertained and estimated ut 1*151 â€¢ 0:10,306 they show compared with the preceding year nn increase of 924,509,030 those during the three past yours huvo on an average been about 9128,650,670 the exports during the past year are ascertained and eatimated at li8,<ir r 39 of those 998,531 026 were in domestic and 920,424,218 in foreign products compared with the preceding year they exhibit an increase of 814,01 w j00 this department takes pleasure in stating that thc public money continues to be collected id de posited under the present system of selected hunks with great ease and economy in ull cases and with grenter in some than at any former poriod the transfers of it to every quarter of lhe country where it is needed inr disbursement have never been effected with more promptitude and ban been made entirely fri'n of expense to ibe treasury â€” the pay me its to creditors officers and pensioners have been punctual and convenient id the whol fiscal operations through the stale hanks have as yet proved highly satisfactory incidental in this the facilities that have is-eii furnished to the com mercial community in domestic exchanges were probably never greater or t so moderate rates v i i nl cq i . ii /.,.,,, commercial bulletin â€¢ i in nil in i running over a1 i v th tui r-l .^ i 1 1 111 is i mil simtv ii mid domestic world - - nml iii.j thc tlust ihis bf â– miswtuncy and ihedoaeru nit u ith lite and ull so in '! in mili aspect of tho sum i uio livery of busy and active it is a remarkable fact that of the whole quan tity .,!' i surveyed and offered nt public sale from l'w'j to 1834 being about 122,000,000 of a ens not one-third of it has been sold for any pur pose whatever ; nnd that the whole receipts being a little under 900,000,000 from the whole sales of public lauds during that p oil havo furnished only a small amount not exceeding three or four mil lions of net revenue beyond the whole cost in vari ous ways attending their purchase and manage ment hut a considerable net revenue from them hereafter if neither given away nor divided can with safety bo expected and they would then tend to furnish that relief under thc common bunions and that aid towards the common and legitimate objects of the union which were intended to be prnmotod by their original cession to tbo general oven ment . leaving tba rumainck lo i ibaw jj/m ,, i iiifl to tho did tit i tht ii o-a > b mkiin.r to inert two the \. ulth ul tin stuta bj in to thi wealth of ita ittaaoas on tin dgh taxae and on we iinprowtkmt nml ' 1 vneiiilililie upoll . line i n ill atnl \ i r s t tend lo iin nil n di 1 1 weallli of the rit|/en t niblin to the ten m f mommi i lie inwaaltn (<~ ponst-hihty and aooo ntril.ility in all publir inries h;is ever boqi laoowm t ih an iixioiii t;Â»jeal faith 1 proli s n if we wiah to sf ve to ourselves und omerity the lile.-oui^r nf unimi>*iireil we nh il.l im'ver deviate troin 11 mi iidhei n--e to il we confine all â€¢â– vho hold oftlee and plnce to a atriet coiimii i and log diecharg of their iluliea neither â€¢ : p to themselvea ower ihey do not poe ir omitting t axeevta faithfully tho-e that iin to tlieir st.itn.n never t\>r^ettin thut ' * trustees in th : situation ihey occupy â– fohiii of the jm-oplo it t\am stuted aavaral jj'-neml nile upon winch ...'. con-tot adrai liatraiioa of republic m urn nts and m i i ilial of all good govwb ' Â».. the iv-dy and mintl . â– t thi if wonted tone and olas -. new model ind faahioni of ih furoigu viaitante lurni.-h a n ind '\ 'â– 'â– â€¢* <>. aoul a word on tbo sub ii how true did tba avon bard in t > peaking of uba ervilitf iÂ»nl to tins god ny fiubtana j let them ba aval â€¢*" riatculoaa nny unumnly yet will i.tfl \\ Â»â€¢ beva m"t ii wold as yrt to say on , thia aubje-i t aaainat tin fairer und battel aox for ujxin nur ini wa bava dol tajrat been able to discover uny i mar kill ebenga in tlifir moda t'Â»r the coming aaaaoti i lit it im h 1*11 jiwnuaalllla not to im ktnifk with the ebaagc intna tapeeieaeeof the self-styled " lordaof cre ation i'mit'iloon that make a horrible inroad upon the cnhhn^iuif yhlcin of the tailor â€” ho fur fjood â€” and bury tin hriirtr mi iht.-ir ample foliiit form the nether axtremitj of tba frahtooaue bi|>ed â€” while upon the head with ofgwaef ood known what strongly display e<l mmuu iri k lil relief tho little crowned chajteail with il l-aaj&ty i nrlmif rim here and there thua ar rayed will u loom mine a mitional ileum tu this mov ing pii lure , h-rha|ika hod jfe-ftince of whiskers â€” nobly it ink in the tiiisilittt pikew of well gfaaaad inoiifctaeh ba i on the arhow a figure iii whioh the clcmcnta of ti hi.'ii are ho mixed that you niiirht hold it up to the world and uny " thin i a thing lai hiiih gfocaaajm ftrfilana much more honored in the hrt-ht h timn in the observance be bunded over to lif-f little animal called monkey â€” anti thud thc dignity of a nobler creation will bo toured from ridicule under its new valuation the coinage of gold at the mint from the 1st of august 1834 to lhe 1st of nov her 1838 has been 5,471,808 or over treble the amount suppoaed to hnve boon e.o.neil in any previous period of similar length the ratio has been somewhat lessened the last six months by several causes of which ,... important lie has been the desire io provide more quarter eagles an i a lull supply ol silver change to meet the increasing de mand in several slates iron lhe withdrawal nf small notes from circulation the coinage nl silver has been extended in the first eight months of this year to ovor nigh nnd a third million of pieces which is believed to be much beyond lhe number in the same portion of any preceding year the whole sales to the close of 1834 deducting about six and one-third millions of acres which ro verted under our former system have bcon only about thirty-seven and a hull millions of acres dur ing forty-live years or on an average only about threc.fourtl.8 of a million of acres yearly for im mediate cultivation and every other purpose a lni.it sixteen millions have been given away as bounties in thc last war and for schools colleges internal improvements and other puhlic objects iu the now states being together almost half as much as all the sales w'hi.-ii socrates was one day walking through the market and looking at the various articles offered cur sale he excluimed " how many tilings do 1 not want !" u , 1 shall now briefly ioum 1 1 *Â« *â–ºÂ«**- wbioi pteiia ' ' g t-i mlv btu-tti u m one <Â»* the i dlttd 1 ami whieh shall 1 hh t!i lia\c vur been "â– iw^iliik " l the â– '' iiiiiimtioii of mv oootm vs ...... tend rrhi'tt'm <. i iri'-iini in doina ball nol be aofcmcj of utfonnoddling with i once had a troublesome visitor whom i tried ninny ways to get rid of first 1 tried smoke which l.e bore like a badger thin i essayed tin win 1 bore like a nlaroandei , st last 1 lent bun live dollars and i have nut seen linn bums in treating of the surplus in tlie treasury and its dis[_osition he says : " it has been shown that tho nrail.t_.lc balance iu the treasury over all out-lauding appropriations i ntcja but a mull legacy uf isvluuiuu'd wiadomto " tin t|i|-*r i oil pruclitunh tho man

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till wkstern carolinian tm llljs1ied morning a^jii^u ema^in ahid saoo-upm w mamiraq)si--editors and proprietors iqok il 7 vol naijsbury north-carolina january 2 l836 u___\.ev rom\>eg\immg 8\3 k e u.j â€” . l 11 til < l â€¢ 3 111 i un about to 1 ii ibo fnshion discriminate between tlie man whom the tailor lias made nml bim who shows the lustre of an intellect derived from god on the 1st of january 1886 is ostimntcd at about ten und a half millions tho6.xponditu.es for the ensuing year fi,r all purposes whothor ordinary or extraordinary enumerated in the s,-l,e i ilus at more than twenty three millions mid lhe receipts al less than twenty millions hence il follows thai it'll dcistructlon of nciryork i'lom tin e yuri commercial advertiser of hum day december 17 1835 dreadful calamity l new york new york has been for fifteen hours in flames ! they ure no y u | extinguished a hi rge section a.,,1 thai tl â– ,,; i ami mos wealthy portion of the city is ... linns ; and whether the progress of tho destroyer is yet completely arrested we cannot i ii since the conflagration of moscow no calami ly by lire so extensive and so dreadful has bell hen uny citj in the world the lire broke out j mer ' haul iti-net in the triangular block formed by >> all william and pearl streets at about !Â» clock last night a tierce wind wus blowing from the northwest and the weather so intensely cold ns to lender ibe ell cent working of the engines inipus siblo the consequence was that the fire held the mastery through tl night spreading with ureal ami destructive rapidity it wns an awful night for new york and for lho country hut we can neither describe the grandeur of the spectacle nur its lerrnrs nur the desolation brought more distinctly lo view by the morning light the urm uf man was powerless j and many of our fellow cl,sens who retired lo their pillows in alllucuce were bankrupts oo awaking tho litct of the m.werlessncss of the firemen from the almost instantaneous congelation of the water und tho benumbing influence of the cold in creased the consternation which prevailed among the thousands of the agitated multitude who wero witnesses of the calamity â€” many of then doomed in stand and see the desl ruction of their own for tunes without being able lo lift a linger fur tho rescue to arrest the flames was ut once seen to be impossible save by the blowing up of ranges of buildings in advance of the fire that its progress might thus be interrupted but the difficulty wus to obtain powder â€” none of consequence being allowed in the city a sufficient supply therefore could nol be obtained short of tho navy yurd â€” whence also tho mayor wus obliged to send for a strong military force to preserve property from tho swarms of roblicrs who uro ever reudy on such occasions such is the confusion that prevails and such the difficulty of working one's way among the smoke und tire and heated ruins that it is impossible lo detail particulars with any pretension to accuracy south side of wnll-slreet from william-slrcet to bast river including tbo merchants exchange and excepting some three or four buildings between merchant street formerly hanover and pearl also from william to broad buildings not destroy ed but injured in the rear exchange street both sides from broad street crossing william lo mer chant street â€” the garden street church was em braced in this section merchant street formerly hanover both sides from wall to hanover sqnuro williu.n street both sides from wall street to hanover square pearl street both sides from wall street to coonties slip including lho whole sweep of han over square stone street from hanover square to lhe lano lending to the head of coenties slip exchange street nnd part of lleuver streets from l'.-arl nearly to broad water street both sides from coffee-house slip to counties slip front street both sides from cofl'uc-house slip lo coenties slip south street from the same to the snnin south side of coflee-house slip from pearl street to the mast it ver both sides of old slip including the franklin market from pearl street to the east river north sido of coenties slip from pearl street to the river jones's lane gouverncur's lane cuylcr's alley and part of mill street seventeen blocks of buildings of the largest nnd most costly description are totally destroyed ; tho large block between wall utroo't and exchange place bounded on the west l.y llron.l street that between exchange place and hoover street fronting .... br.mt.1 st.ei i and that between heaver and mill streets nlso flouting on itrond are greatly injured and muy almost he said to ix destroyed except tho single range of stores fronting on i a i street â€” i'lii number of buildings il is impossible to nseer : in but it is estimated between 700 und 1,00(1 â€” i be amount of properly destroyed is incalculable those acquointod with our city will nt once per il,a uoarl the entire seat of its greatest commercial transactions has lioon destroyed it is not probable that the destruction of nny given sec tion of any other city in lhe world of equal ex lent would have involved a greuter destruction of capital or ruined th fortunes of a greater number of men lhe destination of goods of every de scription that can ls-e,,uu,erâ€ž.ud,ha been immense id what v'-l far i her magnifies the calamity is the fact thut the portion of the city thus destroyed is one which has been alujoat entirely rebuilt within | he last five or six yours aud was covered on every i hand with the most noblo nnd substantia ranges of ; mere utile edifices perhaps iu the world ii lore the gunpowder was used in blowing up bouses there were many lood reports front occa sional explosure of powder und casks of spirits â€” during lhe whole night the scene was one of awful terror and index , liable grandeur tbo drought ofthe season had contributed to the combustibility of the matter and the rapidity with which bouso after house and range alter range were wrapped in flames were truly astonishing the wind being high large hakes of lire wore borne whirling aloft through the lurk vault of beuven'with fearful splen dor from ll.e direction of tho wind â€” to which under providence the salvation of ierhnps the whole city is owing â€” the city of brooklyn was consider ed in danger ; and the lakes of fire wero borno along iu quantities beyond i la i bush the buildings on exchange place having become involved iu the conflagration the flames comn.uni ns oi i - 1 i ' a sl a fa ., , â– the r â€¢ it rirniing ' ipiired of ,,â€žâ– . ' , â€ž lion of tho p.uv ' litution limiting ' â€¢ , imui-i t t the nee - ar and i necessity nol lar-l'et i oil i pun mota iu th - , erciso t lo is , ullv avoided - hi , s doubtful tho poople that . . ,,,,â€¢ n,liii ,,, to the \ a t i o â– â– i i i â– ' i ii a n cei abstract l f tl,e report of ihe secretary ofthe l'i usury mud appropriations made and the revenues received in 1836 shall be as largo as the estimates nnd no larger the netl surplus now applicable in new and other objects will probably ,,, the c se of the ensuing year become reduced to a sum botweon sixain seven millions this sum therefore would in these events remain on the 1st of jamu.rv . i 83 us a netl surplus unexpended and implode ! consequently most of it could now im applied i i other purposes nol included iu the estimates a '. liberally id in promoting any constitutional objocts which congress may deem must expedient to ( ',.â€ž',' ci rs " the receipts int the treasury ascertained and estimated during 1835 nre computed to be 828,430,881 07 ol these the actual receipts during the first three quarters are ascertained to have been 4123,480,88 07 viz customs 13,614,489 â€¢-'.. land 9,168,690 n div'dson bank'stock 508,480 83 sales of bonk stock 63,800 00 incidental items 130,690 10 i < in iliat all human '"'',' 1 imp i feel huvo j ' o which ibe federal '' i ,, â€¢ 1 â€ž, s t alee it " an unprecedented bnectacle is thus presented to the world of u government not onlv virtually without any debts und without any direct taxation but with nliout one fourth of its whole annual ex penses defrayed from sales of its own unincumber ed and immense tracts of public lands aud no re sort to even indirect taxation necessary except lor the other three fourths and the proceeds of thai indirect taxation though largely and freely redu ced yet accumulating so fast as to require further legislation to dispose of or invest a considerable surplus on hand whether this state of enviable prosperity lh justly attributable to the form ofour government to the administration of it â€” lo the character of our people â€” the physical advantages of our country â€” or to ull combined it is a subject of strong congratulation and exhibits a very re markable phenomenon in lho history of taxation and finance without dwelling on the primary causes ofour fortunate condition or discussing any secondary ones such ns the great demand and re ward in this country for either labour or capital tlie more appropriate inquiry under these novel circumstances and on an occasion like the present seems to bo to discover the most judicious course to pursue in using this surplus or iu preventing or regulating its future accumulation the balance now on hand or anticipated does not differ so much in amount from that at several prior periods ns to require uny extraordinary steps il tho same avail able mode existed of employing it legally and beneficiully without now legislation there wero throe former years in our history viz 1815 1h10 and 1817 when our balances on hand on the 1st of january each year wero res pectivoly over 13 22 and 14,000,000 of dollars and in 1883 ovor 11,000,000 but these balan ces were cither unavailable for n lime or whenev er productive wore soon able to be applied iu the discharge of iho public debt and thus to prevent longer and larger accumulations and lo save inte rest in thut way being reduced from time lo time they at no other riod have exceeded 10,000,0011 though on four other occasions they have accumu lated beyond 0,000,000 but happily for the conn try it is no longer compelled to purl will its re sources to discharge heavy burdens imposed iu for mer times nnd in tho present prosperous state of our finances it is respectfully submitted that iu or der to reduce the present surplus there might he first ami judiciously authorized liir purposes no enumerated in any of the estimates other benefi cinl x|h!i.ditures for objects clearly lawful aud use ful those during the fourth quarter it is expected will be 4,950 oik -â€” m or uiv.h1i i ||â€ž. i pleat every "., . l,,â€žo lhe others should 7,555,819 41 2,029,219 39 4,750 01 59,150 07 ~ i ancient ircece i ' '''â– ' - s - ' â– i l tun of stale with und haas i ' .. ,. . i loins and cities you suflrn â– â– â– - i . if human suflbring into of i iv uiiii i â– â€ž, not exchange our it ouiie-v i vou aa i o in happiness and pros ugs il i refi unl internal dissontion t fid i i ,.. | , ihiaidoi oursolves ag ' lencb vc . ;.,. i ,. ,,, | government you ban i n .. , ,,,,â€ž |, , before even .. 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' , ,â€ž ii | i,,ii should be u of the principle i ,, i â– i .,, ,,| j i lor son i would i in the place lli.i i â€ž compact of so many ''' doing â– â€¢,. i ' . i 'â€¢ once as a dissolution of 1 shall not alien pt to , | which would last one 813,370,141 07 the expenditures for the fourth quarter it is expected will be 4,800,000 00 thus leaving on tho 1st of janua ry 1830 subject however to tho deduction bureuftor mentioned an estimated balance of money on hand equal to 10,147,503 42 this includes what has heretofore been reported os unavailable fluids now reduced te about 1,100,000 making ihe comput ed a . ailable balance on the 1st of ,, rely i state 1 g ,, . smience aud long endurance ni il ncoivo to he ,. nder deluaioo j give tbem ,"' icun fl pre li â€¢>,-,.,....â€¢ of consequences nail be regulated v fame unite us pntiy â€” ihe political . tb .â€žâ€žâ– political family â– â– l â€ž jackson ii â€¢ '. . â€¢ iho advice of tho revered i for the benefit of ll n l â– . mil immoveable attachment ', hn i its duties . it prt-wrvulion with jealous i.-l i rniirm i osperitj pinions ; nnd enter i ' â– nviction nnd belief â€¢ â– ' â– , r e loess i may be ii mint i hull endeavor to ry lilac ft lalion i hold accord ,, i iii b mv inclination as it is my tly bj theii â€¢ â€¢. , no otlnial ncliuns ns to make , lho in mat ,,, ,â€ž practicable with i .."â– â– l'i â€¢ i ral and stale and if i i io v , in i nitration i should su â– therulorn one - l . â– , which is due to myself as constitution il ,- ,,. , t he i i i orrupy as to enter to the i i to diffuse the benefit t ,, i alle.npling to render the pie anv feasible oil p.a ., , ihcr < n eminent i should oiiipuju w . .. 1.1 -... i . 1 . â€¢ â– ! a d.-relictior of duty . utive inigbl is ne , ,, ,., >Â» ,,, ||â€ž. i,u-i confided iu me . lope the resources t e stsl ' .,'.-.. ,., â– f ovents and dis o.,l i o.iiul.on and i v i lb ' oa lake us under his peculiar ens belongs lo tl i .â€¢ || im|_ftirod our free institutions iv believer tha ..-,.-.. i â– . i , ind happy and prosperous f,e required lo elf . i i , i i 11 ever address iu the â– -,, j ,- ml n >. ... h in h n a < i ., h i , ns â€¢ 1 h ll a h . h ote i from h h januury 1836 818,017,598 00 computing all tho existing charges of every kind on iho treasury at the end of the present year to be about 7,596,574 the balance ol*avail able funds then on hand would it is estimated be sufficient to meet the whole at once and leave to lie hereafter applied by congress to new and other purposes the sum of 10,450,024 before the close of tho year 1834 ample funds were deposited with tho it states bank as com missioner of loans to discharge all the public fund ed debt which was then outstanding ofthe funds so deposited heretofore and still un claimed by the public debtors there remains in the p,,s-essioii of the hank the sum of 143,570 63 the receipts into the treasury from all the sources during the year 1*30 are estimated at 19,750 000 viz i customs 15,280,000 public lands 4,000,000 hank dividends and miscellaneous not considering it the province of this depart ment in nn annual report to enter into minute details in relation lo ihe selection of those objects the undersigned would merely advert to a few promi nent ones about which no coustilutiou.il difficultiot interpose ; such as the erection of suitable and ne cessary building i'or the use of the general jo verninent whether in this city or the diflbrent stntes and the earlier commencement of important work contemplated aud the more rapid completion ol others already begun which nre essentially connect ed with the commerce tho navy or the frontier de fences of tho country receipts 500,000 to which add the balance of available funds in the treasury on the first of january 1630 estiinu ated at 918,047,598 and thoy make together the sum of 937,797,598 the estimates of expenditures submitted for all specified objects both ordinary and extraordinary for tho services of 1630 and including the contin gent for the usual excesses are 923,133,640 the imports during the year ending september 30th 1835 are ascertained and estimated ut 1*151 â€¢ 0:10,306 they show compared with the preceding year nn increase of 924,509,030 those during the three past yours huvo on an average been about 9128,650,670 the exports during the past year are ascertained and eatimated at li8, b mkiin.r to inert two the \. ulth ul tin stuta bj in to thi wealth of ita ittaaoas on tin dgh taxae and on we iinprowtkmt nml ' 1 vneiiilililie upoll . line i n ill atnl \ i r s t tend lo iin nil n di 1 1 weallli of the rit|/en t niblin to the ten m f mommi i lie inwaaltn (*iireil we nh il.l im'ver deviate troin 11 mi iidhei n--e to il we confine all â€¢â– vho hold oftlee and plnce to a atriet coiimii i and log diecharg of their iluliea neither â€¢ : p to themselvea ower ihey do not poe ir omitting t axeevta faithfully tho-e that iin to tlieir st.itn.n never t\>r^ettin thut ' * trustees in th : situation ihey occupy â– fohiii of the jm-oplo it t\am stuted aavaral jj'-neml nile upon winch ...'. con-tot adrai liatraiioa of republic m urn nts and m i i ilial of all good govwb ' Â».. the iv-dy and mintl . â– t thi if wonted tone and olas -. new model ind faahioni of ih furoigu viaitante lurni.-h a n ind '\ 'â– 'â– â€¢* <>. aoul a word on tbo sub ii how true did tba avon bard in t > peaking of uba ervilitf iÂ»nl to tins god ny fiubtana j let them ba aval â€¢*" riatculoaa nny unumnly yet will i.tfl \\ Â»â€¢ beva m"t ii wold as yrt to say on , thia aubje-i t aaainat tin fairer und battel aox for ujxin nur ini wa bava dol tajrat been able to discover uny i mar kill ebenga in tlifir moda t'Â»r the coming aaaaoti i lit it im h 1*11 jiwnuaalllla not to im ktnifk with the ebaagc intna tapeeieaeeof the self-styled " lordaof cre ation i'mit'iloon that make a horrible inroad upon the cnhhn^iuif yhlcin of the tailor â€” ho fur fjood â€” and bury tin hriirtr mi iht.-ir ample foliiit form the nether axtremitj of tba frahtooaue bi|>ed â€” while upon the head with ofgwaef ood known what strongly display e